The SoleSavy Podcast

Photographer Jordan Jimenez hops on the podcast to discuss the Golden State Warriors 2022 Championship Run. Jordan shares some favorite memories and highlights of the run, how photography became an outlet for him at an early age, and how his relationship with Jordan Poole came to be.

0:16 Introduction

0:45 How did you get into photography?

2:10 How did photography help your mental health?

3:58 Where did you get your start with the Warriors?

6:40 What’s a piece of advice to get into sports photography?

9:25 What is your relationship with sneakers?

11:35 What is it like being around the Warriors?

13:17 Tell us about the Curry photo

16:28 What was your favorite part about the NBA Finals?

19:03 How did you meet Jordan Poole?

20:30 Thoughts on our Member Event?

22:10 What's your advice for people thinking of joining  SoleSavy?

On this episode of the SoleSavy Podcast, DP and Marco sit down to talk about the state of sneakers in 2022, is resell dead, are brands going to change up their strategy and so much more!

1:10 What is happening with the sneaker market recently?

21:15 Do the brands need the resell market to succeed?

36:00 Would there be recent retros that would change the market?

43:19 What are your sneaker predictions for the rest of the year?

Timberland CMO Drieke Leenknegt and Sr. Director of Advanced Concepts and Energy, Alex Dardinski, hop on the SoleSavy podcast to discuss the Timberland CONSTRUCT: 10061 program with DP. The duo break down how the program came to life, the importance of storytelling when it comes to footwear design, and how the metaverse provides so much opportunity in the footwear space.

0:32 Introductions

1:02 What is Construct?

4:44 Tell us more about the storytelling in this project

14:38 What drove you to enter the metaverse?

21:03 What's the next level to Construct?

26:30 Final Thoughts

On today's podcast, DP sits down with Ian Williams, founder of Deadstock coffee to talk all about how coffee and sneakers connect, who the real nerds are, the Answer he was been waiting for and so much more!

1:50 Introduction to Ian Williams

4:50 What kind of influence has Allen Iverson had on you?

9:50 Tell us about your journey at Nike

17:00 What is your life advice regarding career?

19:10 How do you go from Nike to Deadstock coffee?

23:50 Tell us about what “Coffee Should be Dope” mean to you?

33:35 What led you to open Concourse Coffee?

40:19 How did the Adidas collaboration come about?

49:15 If you could do any collab silhouette which one would you do?

On today's episode, DP sits down with NBA Player Langston Galloway to chat about his signature sneaker the LG1, what it takes to take a sneaker from concept to delivery, how he feels the sneaker performs on court, what you need to do to achieve your dreams and so much more!

0:34 Introduction

1:27 What made you go from basketball to starting your own business?

3:11 How long ago did you start “Ethics”?

5:27 When did you see your first sample?

6:22 Breakdown of the ETHICS LG1

8:58 How many iterations of the LG1 did you go through?

10:08 How was the first wear test?

11:33 What comes next for ETHICS?

14:31 How did the LG1 end up on StockX?

15:43 What was the biggest challenge bringing the LG1 to life?

19:40 Any words of advice for people just starting out?

21:15 What was your go-to sneaker on the court?

23:15 Tell us about why you are tweeting the same thing every day

On today's episode, DP sits down with Rikki Mendias, founder of Hav-A-Sole, a non-profit that gives back to the community by lacing up kids with some heat on their feet. From how many shoes they've donated this year, to what really got him started in donating sneakers, how you can get involved and so much more!

0:43 Introduction

5:30 What does a look like for Hav A Sole?

9:57 How many shoes have passed through Hav A Sole this year?

12:40 What does a chapter look like?

14:49 What is the hypest pair that has been donated?

19:39 Where can people keep up with what you are doing?

On today's podcast, DP sits down with Sneaker Room owner Suraj Kaufman to talk about why sneakers are so special to him, how he really got into sneakers, what he's trying to do for the culture and so much more!

0:28 Introduction

1:06 Tell us about your collars with Nike

5:09 What is your sneaker origin story?

20:14 Can you give us the story behind your Instagram bio?

On this episode, DP sits down with Turhan Williams, chief product officer at Solesavy to dive in deep about the development of COLLECT, why they are so excited for sneakerheads to use the platform, how they are keeping it secure and so much more!

0:31 Introduction

6:05 What is COLLECT?

7:06 What was the journey like to develop this platform?

22:00 What is KYC and how does it help me?

SoleSavy co-founder and CEO DP shares his thoughts on why identify verification online is important.